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4. What is a preposition? Give four examples of a prepositional phrase.

5. Parse the sentence, identifying: 1) the part of speech for each word; 2) for nouns and pronouns, the number (singular, plural) and case (nominative, objective/accusative, dative, possessive/genitive, vocative); 3) for verbs, the tense (past, present, future), voice (active, passive), and--if applicable--person (first, second, third). (Teacher: you may ask the student to provide more or less information, as appropriate.)

In landscapes the painter should give the suggestion of a fairer creation than we know.

World History

1. Explain: "With [Lincoln] vanished the only protector of the prostrate South."

2. Give an account of John Quincy Adams' opinions of slavery, or the role of Uncle Tom's Cabin in the American slavery debate.

3. What do you know about Queen Victoria?

4. What do you know about Benjamin Disraeli or Gladstone?

5. Give an account of post-Civil War American reconstruction. Or, what do you know about the South African (Boer) War?

6. Discuss the gag rule.

Geography

1. Describe "Turkish travelling" with baggage horses.

2. What do you know about Constantinople?

3. 'The most interesting of all the Greeks are the mariners.' Explain. Or, tell what you know about the monks of Palestine.

Natural History and General Science

1. "Everything that animals do, atoms do." Explain, with details.

2. "It is not possible to predict exactly what will happen in any circumstance." Explain.